http://www.mail.com/subjects/15036-coastlines-beaches.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/15036-coastlines-beaches.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2107338-jersey-shore-eyes-record-setting-summer-post-sandy.html SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey used a record-breaking gesture Friday to celebrate its recovery from a record-setting storm, proclaiming to the nation that the Jersey shore is back in business following Superstorm Sandy. Gov. Chris Christie and a host of volunteers carried out a ceremonial ribbon cutting that broke the Guinness World record for th... Fri, 24 May 2013 17:23:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2107338-jersey-shore-eyes-record-setting-summer-post-sandy.html 2013-05-24T17:23:30Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107352-hurricane-center-beware-storm-surge.html MIAMI (AP) — During a hurricane, storm surge is one of the greatest threats to life and land, yet many people don't understand the dire warnings from forecasters to get out of its way. So this season, they hope to offer easy-to-understand, color-coded maps and change the way they talk to the public. Simply put, storm surge is the abnormal rise of sea wate... Fri, 24 May 2013 14:48:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2107352-hurricane-center-beware-storm-surge.html 2013-05-24T14:48:58Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100054-jersey-shore-readies-1st-post-sandy-summer.html SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — The boardwalks are back, and so are most of the beaches, even if some are a little thinner this year. The smell of funnel cakes, french fries and pizza will mingle with the salt air, and the screech of seagulls will be heard, but so will the thwack of hammers repairing what can be fixed and the roar of bulldozers and backhoes ... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:11:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2100054-jersey-shore-readies-1st-post-sandy-summer.html 2013-05-21T15:11:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2099464-slow-pokes-acupuncture-helps-hypothermic-turtles.html QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Two endangered sea turtles that are shells of their former selves after getting stranded on Cape Cod during a cold spell are getting some help easing back into the wild — from an acupuncturist. Dexter and Fletcher Moon, juvenile Kemp's Ridley sea turtles, remained calm as acupuncturist Claire McManus gently tapped more than a dozen ne... Tue, 21 May 2013 12:24:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2099464-slow-pokes-acupuncture-helps-hypothermic-turtles.html 2013-05-21T12:24:25Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098600-study-shipwrecks-minor-us-pollution-threat.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Shipwrecks lying deep off America's coasts are more often historical artifacts than present-day threats from leaking old oil tanks, a new federal report says. While 87 of the ships — most sunk during World War II by German submarines — have the potential to leak tens of millions of gallons of oil, the report issued Monday concludes that ... Mon, 20 May 2013 22:32:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098600-study-shipwrecks-minor-us-pollution-threat.html 2013-05-20T22:32:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098724-alaska-unveils-plan-to-assess-gas-oil-anwr.html JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska on Monday proposed a multiyear, multimillion-dollar plan aimed at determining the true oil and gas potential in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. State officials hope the plan will reinvigorate — and reshape — the debate over whether to drill on the refuge's coastal plain. The plan was announced at an event hos... Mon, 20 May 2013 20:15:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2098724-alaska-unveils-plan-to-assess-gas-oil-anwr.html 2013-05-20T20:15:47Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095032-sea-turtle-comeback-corner-caribbean.html GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad (AP) — Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using their powerful front flippers to move... Sat, 18 May 2013 16:57:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2095032-sea-turtle-comeback-corner-caribbean.html 2013-05-18T16:57:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) — Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back an initiative aimed at expanding protection for the Caribbean's imperiled coasts and waters. The "Caribbean Challenge" calls for special protected zones along... Sat, 18 May 2013 01:15:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2092548-caribbean-talks-conservation-bransons-island.html 2013-05-18T01:15:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089454-bangladesh-myanmar-relieved-cyclone-fizzles.html COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had told more than 1 million people to leave vulnerable coastal areas in preparation for a far worse storm. Cyclone Mahasan lost power as it shed huge amounts of rain and then veer... Fri, 17 May 2013 02:31:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2089454-bangladesh-myanmar-relieved-cyclone-fizzles.html 2013-05-17T02:31:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089700-sc-slave-cabin-dismantled-smithsonian-display.html EDISTO ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — As a cool sea breeze wafted across a 17th century South Carolina plantation that once grew prized sea island cotton, workers this week carefully disassembled, measured and numbered wooden planks from a dilapidated antebellum slave cabin. Once one of about two dozen on slave row at Point of Pines Plantation, the cabin will be shi... Thu, 16 May 2013 09:23:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2089700-sc-slave-cabin-dismantled-smithsonian-display.html 2013-05-16T09:23:11Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086530-rain-cyclone-falls-myanmar-minority-stay.html SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the order to evacuate ahead of the storm was met with widespread refusal. Tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya people live in the plastic-roofed tents and huts made of reeds, and they dist... Thu, 16 May 2013 04:38:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2086530-rain-cyclone-falls-myanmar-minority-stay.html 2013-05-16T04:38:49Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087816-report-feds-warnings-sandy-were-confusing.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal weather forecasts for Superstorm Sandy were exceptionally accurate last fall, but the warnings themselves were confusing, an internal review found. The gigantic October storm lost tropical characteristics hours before landfall in New Jersey, so the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stopped calling it a hurricane. In... Wed, 15 May 2013 21:36:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2087816-report-feds-warnings-sandy-were-confusing.html 2013-05-15T21:36:54Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083566-prince-harry-tours-storm-damaged-nj-shore.html SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — Britain's Prince Harry toured two New Jersey shore communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy, shaking hands with emergency personnel and construction workers before spending Tuesday afternoon in New York City at events promoting tourism, entrepreneurism and philanthropy. He even got a chance to play a little baseball. In Seas... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:21:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2083566-prince-harry-tours-storm-damaged-nj-shore.html 2013-05-14T21:21:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2084308-demolition-nj-coaster-wrecked-sandy.html SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — Riding the Jet Star roller coaster as a girl vacationing at the Jersey shore, Nicole Jones said there was always that one breath-catching moment when the passenger cars swerved toward the ocean, as if threatening to dump riders into the surf. When Superstorm Sandy hit last October, it was the roller coaster itself that plunged... Tue, 14 May 2013 20:52:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2084308-demolition-nj-coaster-wrecked-sandy.html 2013-05-14T20:52:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084866-plea-bargain-captain-italian-shipwreck.html GROSSETO, Italy (AP) — Italian prosecutors on Tuesday rejected a plea bargain bid by the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off Italy last year, killing 32 people, defense lawyers said. Capt. Francesco Schettino is accused of manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship before all 4,200 passengers and crew were evacuated.... Tue, 14 May 2013 16:48:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2084866-plea-bargain-captain-italian-shipwreck.html 2013-05-14T16:48:05Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2070888-kenya-co-turns-sandals-colorful-objects.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The colorful handmade giraffes, elephants and warthogs made in a Nairobi workshop were once only dirty pieces of rubber cruising the Indian Ocean's currents. Kenya's Ocean Sole sandal recycling company is cleaning the East African country's beaches of used, washed-up flip-flops and other sandals. About 45 workers in Nairobi make 100 ... Wed, 08 May 2013 15:35:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2070888-kenya-co-turns-sandals-colorful-objects.html 2013-05-08T15:35:24Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069846-interior-dept-releases-475m-sandy-aid.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department on Tuesday said it is releasing more than $475 million to help repair the damage from Superstorm Sandy, which roared up the East Coast last fall. The money will go for 234 projects that will repair and rebuild parks, refuges and other agency facilities damaged by the storm and help get them ready for the summer se... Tue, 07 May 2013 22:49:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069846-interior-dept-releases-475m-sandy-aid.html 2013-05-07T22:49:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069034-encroaching-sea-threat-caribbean.html TELESCOPE, Grenada (AP) — The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean. For Desmond Augustin and other fishermen living along the shorelines... Tue, 07 May 2013 18:23:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2069034-encroaching-sea-threat-caribbean.html 2013-05-07T18:23:53Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2066562-east-to-overrun-billions-cicadas.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast. The insects will arrive in such numbers that people from North Carolina to Connecticut will be outnumbered roughly 600-to-1. Maybe more. Scientists even have a horror-movie name for the infestation: Br... Tue, 07 May 2013 07:24:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2066562-east-to-overrun-billions-cicadas.html 2013-05-07T07:24:02Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2063084-beach-bonfire-spat-hot-southern-california.html HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Anna Abderhalden and her siblings woke before dawn to stake a claim to a coveted beachfront spot where bonfires blaze each night as a rite of summer in this surf-crazy Southern California city. More than 12 hours later, Abderhalden's toes were tucked in the sand as an orange sun dipped below the horizon and flames warmed he... Sat, 04 May 2013 17:12:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2063084-beach-bonfire-spat-hot-southern-california.html 2013-05-04T17:12:16Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2060624-german-wwii-bomber-to-salvaged-uk-coast.html LONDON (AP) — A famous German World War II bomber nicknamed "the flying pencil" has spent decades submerged in the English Channel after being shot down in the Battle of Britain. Now, divers are braving dangerous tides to bring it to the surface. British officials on Friday announced a complex salvage operation just off the Kent coast in southeastern Engl... Fri, 03 May 2013 16:14:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2060624-german-wwii-bomber-to-salvaged-uk-coast.html 2013-05-03T16:14:31Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2045138-cuba-work-remains-6-months-sandy.html HAVANA (AP) — Many people in eastern Cuba are still living with family or in houses covered by flimsy makeshift rooftops six months after Hurricane Sandy pummeled the island's eastern provinces, residents and aid workers said Thursday. Many praised the government's efforts to rebuild Santiago and other cities but said much work remains to recover from the... Thu, 25 Apr 2013 23:57:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2045138-cuba-work-remains-6-months-sandy.html 2013-04-25T23:57:42Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2033720-florida-4th-to-sue-bp-oil-spill.html TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The state of Florida filed a lawsuit Saturday against oil company BP and cement contractor Halliburton over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, becoming the fourth state to seek damages for the 2010 disaster. The suit, among other things, faults BP for not changing the batteries on the rig's blowout preventer. Halliburton was blamed ... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:53:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2033720-florida-4th-to-sue-bp-oil-spill.html 2013-04-20T19:53:33Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2030626-3-years-later-oil-spill-cleanup-study-carries.html BAY JIMMY, La. (AP) — At first glance, the marshy, muddy coastline of Bay Jimmy in southeast Louisiana appears healthy three years after the nation's worst offshore oil spill. Brown pelicans and seagulls cruise the shoreline, plucking fish and crabs from the water. Snails hold firm to tall blades of marsh grass. Underneath the surface, environmentalists a... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:33:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2030626-3-years-later-oil-spill-cleanup-study-carries.html 2013-04-19T20:33:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028826-chile-rushes-to-aid-ship-antarctica-fire.html SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A Chilean military tugboat was heading to Antarctica on Thursday to prevent an environmental disaster by retrieving a Chinese fishing ship that caught fire and began to drift dangerously near sharp glaciers. The Kai Xin vessel burned off the coast of Antarctica on Wednesday. Its 97 crew members were rescued by the Juvel, a Norwegian... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:40:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2028826-chile-rushes-to-aid-ship-antarctica-fire.html 2013-04-19T03:40:47Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2010048-would-annette-recognize-todays-calif-beach-scene.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — When she traded in her Mousketeer ears for a surfboard and a modest one-piece bathing suit, Annette Funicello helped create a world as fanciful as Walt Disney's Magic Kingdom. It was the land of perfect waves and sparkling sand, in a place where there was a beach party every night and summer never ended — at least not until the Frankie ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:37:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2010048-would-annette-recognize-todays-calif-beach-scene.html 2013-04-10T08:37:45Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2004750-swanky-beach-enclave-seeks-relief-bird-stench.html SAN DIEGO (AP) — La Jolla's jagged coastline is strictly protected by environmental laws to ensure the San Diego community remains the kind of seaside jewel that has attracted swanky restaurants, top-flight hotels and some of the nation's rich and famous, including billionaire businessman Irwin Jacobs and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Tourist... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:55:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2004750-swanky-beach-enclave-seeks-relief-bird-stench.html 2013-04-08T19:55:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2001490-interior-chief-sees-wind-farms-us-future.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar voiced optimism Friday that the nation's first offshore wind farm will soon break ground after more than a decade of delays and be followed by more off the Atlantic coast. "I think there's a good chance it will happen before the end of the year," Salazar said of the Cape Wind project. Speaking in an AP inte... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:32:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2001490-interior-chief-sees-wind-farms-us-future.html 2013-04-06T01:32:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1990628-nycs-coney-island-hopes-rebound-sandy.html NEW YORK (AP) — At the beginning of each tourist season, the entrepreneurs who pitch the thrill rides, hot dogs, sideshows and souvenirs at gritty Coney Island gather along its famous boardwalk to pray for two things: good weather and large crowds. Never have they prayed harder than now. Five months after Superstorm Sandy's surge swamped New York City's m... Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:12:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1990628-nycs-coney-island-hopes-rebound-sandy.html 2013-04-01T17:12:20Z